University of North Carolina Charlotte - Rogues n Rascals or SiSi Yearbook (Charlotte, NC)

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COMMUTER LIFE Commuter life at UNCC is an extremely large part of the University: of the 10,000 plus student popula- tion approximately two thirds are commuters. Many of the commuters are residents of Charlotte and make it their daily routine to travel to and from Charlotte to school. But still a small number of stu- dents travel from surrounding areas to attend classes — this entails getting up at early hours and some- times staying late on campus. A large number of the Charlotte based commuters rely on the Charlotte Transit System to get to classes. Part of this system is the express bus; of which two are in use. These buses are better known as the Mean Green Shuttle Machines. But for those students who own their own transportation, UNCC has various parking lots to accommodate their needs — although at times a parking space can be harder to find than a June snow storm. UNCC has a large number of services available to commuter students as well as designated faciliti es for their needs. Cone University Center is equipped with lounges, gameroom, cafeteria, candy shoppe and the newly renovated Student Activities Center. Commuter life at UNCC differs greatly from that of the on-campus residents, but the activities and events arranged for students are designed to make the commuter an integral part of university life. This helps the student to gather a complete education and to help him grow in areas other than academics. 28

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Top Left: UNCC ' s newest on campus housing; Hawthorne Hall. Low- er: Roommates; ya ' know ' em. ya ' love ' em. you can ' t live without ' em, unless you pay one and a half housing, top Right: The luxurious Phase III apartment complex. Center Right: A familiar sight to Phase II students. Lower Right: Socializing outside Phase IV A. Some of the bad things about dorm life is the closeness that comes with living with the same people semester after semester. You never have any time to spend alone because there are always good friends around to talk to or to tempt you with outside activities. And just when you think things have finally calmed down here comes one of those Rush or House parties, where everybody has fun. To top it all off you learn to be independent while learning to deal with other people and assume re- sponsibility. Some of the finer points are 14 people to a bath- room of which 10 use two showers to prepare for an 8:00 class. Everyone loves to get started at 5:00 in the morning for an 8:00 class anyway. Having two elevators for just 500 people helps cut down on waiting for a ride to avoid the ten flights of stairs. They take care of us with elevators and bath- room facilities, but they look after us further with insistence upon buying a meal plan. The delicious and nutritious PFM provides the food for all 1500 students. From day to day suspense fills the air with what we are eating but the Sweet Shoppe brings the suspense to reality — and makes us hold on to the hope of a special soon. Safety is a need everyone possesses. This need is executed through several ways. Fire drills at 2:00 in the morning to make sure that we could get up in the event that these cement structures were to catch on fire. The desk receptionist forever makes sure that the students are in the right places. If you happen to forget your ID — you can spend the night in the lobby until they leave the next morn- ing — a good safe night of sleep. People in the dorms are really nice and overall, dorm life is really great! We wouldn ' t live any- where else. by Rusty Washburn and Dakey Younts 27

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